History Drag cars in motion.......picture thread.

Or is that 3m?

 

SMOKEY:

That HURST T-Shirt was free at the INDY Hurst use to give them out. Of course thats when NHRA was so GREEDY.

Plum

 

Correction: Late 1961 (in the '62 Vette) the 327 came out. There's no way to get a 283 to 400ci. 4" bore was max and a 400 (3.75") crank still only makes it a 377. The biggest I'd heard of was 350ci and I think that was a 327 stroked.

 

This has to be one of the best threads!!!

-Saint

 

I'm with ya Plum. Nat. Dragster used to be $12 stones a year now $65.
Tix? Norwalk is next weekend & they need $55 for a Sat. Tix.
For that I can get a month of Cable TV. God Bless em'. - Smoke.

 

I was told this was a drag car in north Florida. It was supposed to have a 350 bought under the cowl with what looks like it had headers come out the bottom of the cowl. Where it has the body cut out. I was also told it was yellow and there is a picture of it racing a corvette in a magazine. The question is does anyone know what magazine and or have pics of it?

PS this is the most awsome thread I am a slow reader so I still have not read it all!

 

VERY cool puzzle!

 

Here is a picture of the Maverick I bought last year. The first picture is in black and white and shows the car at the Fremont Drag Strip in 79/80/81. The second picture is in color also at Fremont, third is with it's tow car heading to the Pomona Winternationals in 1979, and the fourth is how it is sitting in my driveway today. I am putting the graphics back on it like when it ran in the Winternationals in 1979. The car was running in the low to mid 10's in the early 80's with a Clevor/4spd top loader...........now it has a 408ci/Powerglide and runs just a little faster.

 

Dunn's 71 Cuda was built for about $ 1800 dollars. Basically the direct drive train and engine went from his '70 top fueler into the Cuda. The shell was gel coated metalflake, thereby negating negating any need for expensive paint. Car was dollar for dollar, one of the most competetive cars anywhere.

 

It was found out that when Jim Dunn went to the scales with the body up with the poles it weigh 2,000 lbs.

Without the poles holding the body up it weigh 1,800 lbs.

Could be why the car ran so good, Gotta love Jim Dunn.

Plum

 

GASSERS

plum

 

Eddie Sanzo was the first pick-up I seen go in the nines.

Plum

 

So Royalshifter, How much ya' owin' the Boss on this deal ? Seems priceless ...

 

Very Cool Skip!

 

Thunder Valley Dragways
Marion, SD
6/19/2010

 

A friends hard running Chevelle this past weekend at the Hot Rod Reunion...

 

Sorry it was in Bowling Green this weekend.

 

Oops!

 

That is cool......still enjoyed the museum.

 

Here's another shot of it that I took Sat.

 

About 600 photos from Bob Wenzelburger up on GasserMadness.com from last weekend's NHRR.
Great job, Bob!

 

Been lurking since before you joined Mike! LOL

 

Do you have any info on this car.
Who made it?When they were built?Where?
A friend of mine has a car he swears is the same as this.
Thanks.Shane.

 

Have him post a photo?

 

MORE PICS HERE FROM BOWLING GREEN

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486329

 

Ahhh,our very own Hog Mountain Dave.
Wheels up like it oughtta be.
Attaboy DAVE!!!!!!

 

I love the car....but I loved it more when it ran the Zoomies!!!!!!

 

X 2 on loving loving Hellzapoppin'

X2 on the zoomies also

 

Mavericks ROCK. Nice score!!